3 witað wislice þæt he is wealdend God; he us geworhte and we his syndon. We his folc syndan and his fæle sceap, ða he on his edisce ealle afedde;
Þa þe teohhiað þæt hi scylen hi sylfe weorðian mid idelre spræce, hy cweðað: “Hwi! ne synt we muðfreo? Hu! ne moton we sprecan þæt we wyllað? Hwæt ondræde we? Hwylc hlaford mæg us forbeodan urne willan?”